San Antonio College Schedule/Catalog 2011-2012 [Archived Catalog]
English, Reading, and Education
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Mike Burton, Chairperson
GH 110B, 486-0660
www.alamo.edu/sac/english/
The English Department offers a variety of courses to students. For the student who enrolls in English for the first time, placement is made according to college entrance examination scores approved by the English Department. If the student’s performance on such tests reveals inadequate preparation for satisfactory completion of standard college work in ENGL 1301 Composition I, the student must take ENGL 0300 Basic English I or ENGL 0301 Basic English II, depending on those scores.
If students are required to take ENGL 0300, they must pass that course with a “C” or better before enrolling in ENGL 0301. If students are required to take ENGL 0301, they must pass that course with a “C” or better before enrolling in ENGL 1301. Neither ENGL 0300 nor ENGL 0301 can be used to replace any other required English course.
ENGL 1301 Composition I and ENGL 1302 Composition II are designed to satisfy the requirement of most colleges that demand six hours of freshman composition, to meet the core requirements and to meet Associate of Arts (AA) and Associate of Science (AS) Degree exit competencies.
If transfer students encounter special problems, they should consult a counselor.
In selecting sophomore English courses, the student should consider both the major subject and the senior college to which the credits will be transferred. When only three hours of sophomore English are required, the student may choose any of the three-hour sophomore courses. Many colleges accept any combination of the three-hour sophomore courses if the total required is six hours. However, a few colleges require that ENGL 2323 British Literature II: Romanticism to Present (WI) always be combined with ENGL 2322 British Literature I: Anglo Saxon through Neoclassical (WI) and ENGL 2332 World Literature I: Antiquity through Renaissance (WI) with ENGL 2333 World Literature II: Neoclassical to Present (WI). Many senior colleges require that students with English as a major complete the survey of British Literature (ENGL 2322/2323) and students with elementary education as a major complete World Literature (ENGL 2332/2333). A student with science or engineering as a major usually takes any of the three-hour sophomore literature courses and follows it with ENGL 2311 Technical Writing. All sophomore literature courses are writing intensive (WI).
To be allowed to take two sophomore English courses concurrently when it is acceptable to the degree granting institution, a student must have at least a “B” average in freshman English and the approval of the chairman of the Department of English. All sophomore-level English courses require essay writing and may require oral reports.
Advanced Placement (AP) in English
- Prospective English advanced placement (AP) students may receive credit for ENGL 1301 (without a grade being assigned) by completing one of the following options:
- Present a qualifying score on the senior-level College Board A.P. Exam (English literature/composition).
- Present a qualifying score on the CLEP College Composition Exam, accompanied by a qualifying score on the Sentence Skills section of the Accuplacer Exam.
- Successfully complete the departmental exam procedure administered by the San Antonio College English Department.
- If qualifying AP students wish to have a grade assigned for ENGL 1301, they must take ENGL 1302 at San Antonio College. The grade received in ENGL 1302 will also be assigned to ENGL 1301, for a total of six credit hours.
Reading and Education
Reading www.alamo.edu/sac/reading/
Education www.alamo.edu/sac/education/
The Reading and Education Department consists of reading and education courses.
Students who register in reading classes are given placement tests during registration or the first assigned class hour. Credit for the college-level reading course is acceptable for graduation purposes at San Antonio College but transferability depends upon the policy of the senior college or university.
The Reading and Education Department strives to provide innovation in instruction and services to meet the diverse needs of the community. One way in which the department seeks to meet this goal is by offering a wide range of reading courses. These courses serve students who are reading below the college level as well as students who are reading on the college level but who need to strengthen critical reading skills and acquire more flexibility in reading. The college offers a 12-hour, four-semester sequence of developmental reading for those students reading below college-level. One three-hour, college-level critical reading course is offered.
The department centers a great deal of its energy on giving the community’s underprepared students the opportunity to acquire workplace literacy skills and to achieve success in college-level classes. Curriculum and instruction are carefully planned to reflect current research on how students learn and are especially sensitive to the needs of underprepared students. The department’s computer instructional center has proven to be effective in giving many students, particularly developmental students, the type of practice with reading skills which they require. Self-paced software and Internet assignments invite students to become active participants in the learning process and address their wide range of skill levels. These efforts are consistent with departmental and instructional goals:
- To ensure that students are provided lifelong learning and career preparation opportunities through quality traditional and non-traditional instruction programs.
- To strengthen the utilization of evolving technology.
The Reading and Education Department also offers two three-hour education course, EDUC 1301 Introduction to the Teaching Profession and EDUC 2301 Introduction to Special Populations. These courses fulfill the department’s goal of serving the diverse needs of the San Antonio community. It does so by offering prospective education majors an opportunity to examine the positive and negative aspects of a career in teaching. These courses explore educational, historical, and current trends. Students mentor in area schools. One of the primary purposes of the education program is to recruit future educators.
Programs and Courses - English, Reading and Education English, Reading, and Education
Associate of Arts
Associate of Arts in Teaching
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